Top US drug agency vs Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions

The most significant drug policy change in 50 years launched without the support of the US’s premier narcotics agency. The drug reclassification process normally steered by the DEA was taken over by the US Justice Department, the action not to be signed by the DEA head but by Attorney General Merrick Garland (he also signed off the raid on anti-drug presidential candidate Trump).